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Like many of my neighbors, I spent a good portion of yesterday raking leaves. With a good sized yard and plenty of trees, that becomes a complex operation but this year the leaves seem to be clinging to the trees later than usual, so we’ve had plenty of practice. Hopefully,…
Read More »Tony Sampas provides two views of the American flag: One hanging inside the Hall of Flags at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium (above) and a group flying at JFK Plaza by night.
Read More »Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale film a scene for ‘The Fighter’ in Lowell last summer The Boston Herald’s “Dish Ladies” – Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa – give a sampling of the West Coast reviews for the made-in-Lowell movie “The Fighter” in today’s edition. The gloves are off as the ladies…
Read More »The Washington Post owners and editors should be ashamed of themselves for publishng on the home page of the paper’s website an opinion piece by pollsters Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Shoen calling for President Obama to immediately announce that he will not seek re-election. Why should this president…
Read More »Greater Lowell Veterans Council commander Bob Cronin (left) and Lowell Cemetery Commission chair Gerry Largay (right) with Janet Lambert Moore prints of Veteran’s Park, presented to them by the Global War Veterans in appreciation of their assistance in the creation of the memorial and the organization of today’s ceremony.
Read More »Another excellent essay by Steve O’Connor: I spent my early childhood in Lowell on Marginal Street, which is on the margin of the railroad tracks. The tracks ran parallel to the street, just a few feet behind the white picket fence in the back yard. The trains roaring and clattering…
Read More »Sunday, Nov. 14, 1-3 pm, Centro Restaurant, 24 Market St, Lowell. Artist reception for Pamela Wamala, whose work is on display (“Freedom Flow Wall Puzzles”) Thursday, Nov. 18, 6.30 pm, Spalding House, 383 Pawtucket St, Lowell. “Wanted: Asian Longhorned Beetle!”–Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust Annual Meeting and a program geared toward…
Read More »This is interesting. . . and rings familiar, but not exactly, of course. Historians often refer to the period from the end of the Civil War to the turn of the 20th century as “the Gilded Age,” a term credited to Mark Twain and Charles D. Warner for a book…
Read More »The November/December issue of Merrimack Valley Magazine has two stories about the sport of boxing and the city of Lowell. The cover story, illustrated by a closeup of Micky Ward wearing a Santa hat that is reminiscent of a famous Sports Illustrated cover, is about “The Fighter” which is scheduled…
Read More »This is the final section of the essay about Lowell that I’ve been posting this week.—PM Cut from American Cloth (5) Places change, people enter and exit the stage—we won’t see Paul Tsongas jogging through the South Common, we won’t see Brother Gilbert who taught at Keith Academy after mentoring…
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